[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61166-61167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24748]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5449-D-01]
Delegation and Redelegation of Authority for the Office of the
Inspector General
AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of delegation and redelegation of authority.
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SUMMARY: This notice updates the delegation of authority of the Office
of Inspector General to require by subpoena the production of all
information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts, papers,
and other data in any medium (including electronically stored
information, as well as any tangible thing) and documentary evidence
necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by the Inspector
General Act to the Deputy Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors
General, the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in
Charge, the Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of
Inspections and Evaluations, the Directors within the Office of Audit,
and the Counsel to the Inspector General. This notice also redelegates
to the above-mentioned officials the authority of the Inspector General
to cause the seal of the Department to be affixed to certain documents
and to certify that a copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or
other document is a true copy of that in the files of the Department.
This notice also delegates the authority to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigation, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigation, the Special Agents in
Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General to request information
under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
DATES: Effective Date: September 27, 2010.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Howell, Counsel to the Inspector
General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8260, Washington, DC
20410-4500, telephone (202) 708-1613. (These are not toll-free
numbers.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes the delegation of
authority published at 72 FR 7775 (February 20, 2007).
Section 6(a)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
app.) authorizes the Inspector General to require by subpoena the
production of all information, documents, reports, answers, records,
accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions
assigned by the Inspector General Act. This notice delegates this
authority to issue subpoenas from the Inspector General to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of the Inspections
and Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and
the Counsel to the Inspector General.
This notice also redelegates to the above-mentioned officials the
authority delegated to the Inspector General by the Secretary of HUD in
the Delegation of Authority published on April 15, 1987, at 52 FR
12259, which delegated to various officials, including the Inspector
General, the authority to cause the seal of the Department to be
affixed to certain documents and to certify that a copy of any book,
record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true copy of that in
the files of the Department.
Section 552a(b)(7) authorizes the Inspector General to request
information protected by the Privacy Act for a civil or criminal law
enforcement activity. This notice delegates to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special Agents in
Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the authority to
request information under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
The Inspector General has not limited his authority to issue
subpoenas or to affix the Departmental seal and certify copies of
records, or to request information under 5 U.S.C. 552a by this
delegation or redelegation. Also, this delegation and redelegation of
authority prohibits further delegation or redelegation.
Accordingly, the Inspector General delegates and redelegates as
follows:
Section A. Authority Delegated and Redelegated
The HUD Inspector General delegates to the Deputy Inspector
General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy Assistant
Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the Regional
Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of the Inspections and
Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and the
Counsel to the Inspector General the authority to require by subpoena
the production of all information, documents, reports, answers,
records, accounts, papers, and other data in any medium (including
electronically stored information, as well as any tangible thing) and
documentary evidence necessary in the performance of the functions
assigned by the Inspector General Act pursuant to Section 6(a)(4) of
the Inspector General Act of 1978.
Additionally, the Inspector General redelegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspectors General, the Deputy
Assistant Inspectors General, the Special Agents in Charge, the
Regional Inspectors General for Audit, the Director of Inspections and
Evaluations Division, the Directors within the Office of Audit, and the
Counsel to the Inspector General the authority under the delegation of
authority published at 52 FR 12259 (April 15, 1987) to cause the seal
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to be affixed to
such documents as may require its application and to certify that a
copy of any book, record, paper, microfilm or other document is a true
copy of that in the files of the Department.
Additionally, the Inspector General delegates to the Deputy
Inspector General, the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations,
the Deputy Assistant Inspectors General for Investigations, the Special
Agents in Charge, and the Counsel to the Inspector General the
authority to request information under 5 U.S.C. section 552a(b)(7).
Section B. No Further Delegation or Redelegation
The authority delegated and redelegated in Section A above may not
be further delegated or redelegated.
Section C. Delegation of Authority Superceded
This delegation supersedes the previous delegation of authority
published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 7775 (February 20, 2007).
Authority: Section 6(a)(4), Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App.); Section 7(d), Department of HUD Act (42 U.S.C.
3535(d)); Delegation of Authority, February 20, 2007, at 72 FR 7775;
5 U.S.C. 552a.
Dated: September 27, 2010.
Kenneth M. Donohue,
Inspector General.
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